A series of Arctic air masses brought bitterly cold temperatures as far as the Deep South and Florida, accompanied by significant snow and ice impacts. Seven western states set record-warm ...

A vital component of Earth’s atmosphere, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released through natural processes, like the breath of animals, and through human activities, like burning fossil fuels and ...

Global Surface Summary of the Day is derived from The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) dataset. The ISH dataset includes global data obtained from the USAF Climatology Center, located in the Federal ...

Map of global notable weather and climate events in August 2026. The global surface temperature in August 2026 was 2.38°F (1.32°C) above the 20th-century average—the warmest August in the 1850–2026 ...

Last month saw the publication of the 2025 State of the Geomagnetic Field Report. The report details the current state of Earth’s main magnetic field, and provides a performance analysis of the most ...

NOAA hosted the 2026 Industry Partnerships Summit at the NOAA Auditorium and Science Center in Silver Spring, MD.

Globally, September 2026 ranked as the second-warmest September on record, trailing only 2023. Global sea surface temperature departure from average reached an all-time high for any month, surpassing ...

Warmest on record: July 2026 averaged 76.9°F, the warmest month on record (1895–present) for the contiguous United States (CONUS). Widespread warmth: Above-average temperatures covered the entire ...

The North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) is a model produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) that generates reanalyzed data for temperature, wind, moisture, soil, and ...

For the year, temperatures were much-above average across nearly the entire contiguous U.S., with record warm temperatures across parts of the Southwest, Deep South and from the Upper Midwest to the ...

In the aftermath of tropical cyclones, images of flattened buildings, uprooted trees, and flooded streets dominate news coverage. But some storm damage can’t be captured in photographs: Hurricanes ...